Lustron Guides & Manuals

• Lustron Pictures from the Library of Congress/Historic Building Survey 
• Please check our database and map to see if your information is correct and notify us of changes: https://usmodernist.org/lustron.

LUSTRON:

You can also keep up with the Lustron community-

•    A large source of documents and ephemera https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection
•  FACEBOOK Group: Lustron Homes History and Preservation Forum              https://www.faceook.com/groups/286982837981434                     
•  FACEBOOK Group: Lustron https://www.facebook.com/groups/5227084555 
•  Facebook-Lustron Research https://www.facebook.com/lustronresearch
•  Connecticut Lustron’s and have now launched their website. http://connecticutlustrons.com  
• Metal Buildings  
• Lustron Interior Photos
• Lustron Blues Theme Song by Leonardo 
• Tour the Lustron Plant
• Biography of Carl Strandlund
• Lustron Company Newsletters and Newspapers Articles 
• Lustron - Whitehall Historical Society (weebly.com) 
• National Register of Historic Places info, in great detail: (nominations DO NOT need the approval of the owner-see the form): https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/index.htm
•  SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office): https://ncshpo.org/directory/
• The Ohio History Connection Archives & Library does not have an extensive collection of company records. Still, they have received multiple small groups of records and materials from former employees and Lustron homeowners. You are welcome to search our catalogs for more information about these holdings:
• Archives Only Catalog-https://aspace.ohiohistory.org/
• Library Catalog-https://ohiohistory.on.worldcat.org/v2 Collections and publications found in the catalogs are available to researchers by appointment in the Archives & Library Research Room at the Ohio Museum and Library. Here is a link to the Archives & Library web page with more information about visiting and making appointments: https://www.ohiohistory.org/learn/archives-library.